{"id":33756,"date":"2022-07-23T15:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=33756"},"modified":"2022-07-23T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T15:27:30","slug":"wellerman-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok","title":{"rendered":"Wellerman TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e743f8b4686\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e743f8b4686\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e743f8b4686\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Wellerman_TikTok\" title=\"Wellerman TikTok\">Wellerman TikTok<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Wellerman_TikTok_is_a_song_about_the_whaling_industry\" title=\"Wellerman TikTok is a song about the whaling industry\">Wellerman TikTok is a song about the whaling industry<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Its_a_sea_shanty\" title=\"It&#8217;s a sea shanty\">It&#8217;s a sea shanty<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Its_a_hashtag\" title=\"It&#8217;s a hashtag\">It&#8217;s a hashtag<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Its_a_song\" title=\"It&#8217;s a song\">It&#8217;s a song<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Its_a_song_by_a_postman\" title=\"It&#8217;s a song by a postman\">It&#8217;s a song by a postman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Its_a_song_about_exploitation\" title=\"It&#8217;s a song about exploitation\">It&#8217;s a song about exploitation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wellerman-tiktok\/#Its_a_song_about_whale_oil\" title=\"It&#8217;s a song about whale oil\">It&#8217;s a song about whale oil<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wellerman_TikTok\"><\/span>Wellerman TikTok<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a YouTuber, you&#8217;ve probably seen the well-known video of the song &#8220;Wellerman,&#8221; the sea shanty from 2021. While the song itself isn&#8217;t original, it does have a story behind it. Below, you&#8217;ll find the song and official video. To get a better idea of how the video got so popular, let&#8217;s look at some examples of Wellerman TikToks.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wellerman_TikTok_is_a_song_about_the_whaling_industry\"><\/span>Wellerman TikTok is a song about the whaling industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The Wellerman&#8221; is a sea shanty that goes viral on TikTok. The song is incredibly powerful, filled with 19th century nautical slang and powerful vibes. It started as a solo version by Nathan Evans but quickly snowballed into a large community of users. Originally written by the New Zealand sea shanty band The Longest Johns, the song has a rich history.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_sea_shanty\"><\/span>It&#8217;s a sea shanty<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how a sea shanty became popular online, it&#8217;s probably because it originated in the 1800s as a song sung by fishermen on whale hunting expeditions. Now, the sea shanty has become a worldwide phenomenon, thanks to the new feature on TikTok called &#8220;duets.&#8221; Duets allow two users to create a song that sounds even better than the original. With the help of the duet feature on TikTok, a sea shanty has taken on a completely new sonic character &#8211; a split screen harmony.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_hashtag\"><\/span>It&#8217;s a hashtag<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The wellerman video went viral, and now the internet is abuzz about this Scottish postman&#8217;s cover of the sea shanty. A Scottish postman named Nathan Evans started posting covers of traditional sea shanties on TikTok around the same time that the viral trend was sweeping the internet. His videos were modestly popular, racking up thousands of views a piece, but the viral trend spread like wildfire when he responded to a request to cover a sea shanty. When his video of &#8220;The Wellerman&#8221; was uploaded, users went crazy for his acoustic interpretation.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_song\"><\/span>It&#8217;s a song<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s a classic sea shanty, &#8220;The Wellerman,&#8221; that has gone viral with teens. TikTok users are sharing the original audio, adding harmonies, and the chain of videos grows. The deep bass, baritone, and tenor lines grow until the song develops an irresistible momentum. But it&#8217;s not just the tikTok phenomenon that&#8217;s making this sea shanty so popular.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_song_by_a_postman\"><\/span>It&#8217;s a song by a postman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Scottish postman has been gaining internet fame for a song he recorded on the popular video sharing site TikTok. Nathan Evans, 26, recorded a rendition of the 19th century sea shanty &#8220;Wellerman&#8221; and posted it to the social networking website. It received nearly 4.5 million views in just two days, and Evans has since signed a record deal with the company. The song has gone viral and Evans even duetted with a Kermit the Frog puppet.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_song_about_exploitation\"><\/span>It&#8217;s a song about exploitation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Wellerman TikTok is incredibly powerful, exposing the complicated history of exploitation in the maritime industry. It&#8217;s a song about the plight of coastal whalers, and how they expect luxury items in return for their labor. In this 21st century riff on folklore, the &#8216;wellerman&#8217; is a character with an extremely complex back story. He describes how he and his fellow crew members expect luxury items to be delivered. In the early days, this meant tea, rum, and sugar. Today, however, the workers don&#8217;t get paid for that kind of luxury.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_song_about_whale_oil\"><\/span>It&#8217;s a song about whale oil<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The TikTok phenomenon has taken whale oil to new heights, but the context is important. While the song is about whale oil, it also depicts the work of modern-day oil companies. These companies are far more damaging to the environment than whales, and our rapidly warming planet would be much better off without them. 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